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kind were in progress. Thus flocks of forty and thirty were reported 

 from Wooler (Northumberland) on the 4th of October and the 23rd of 

 November, which were not seen before or after those dates ; while at 

 Knutsford and Delamere in Cheshire they were unusually plentiful on 

 the 10th and 17th and 26th of December respectively. Definite south- 

 ward movements appear to have been taking place along the Lancashire 

 coast on the 22nd of October, while flocks were seen on the beach in 

 S.E. Suffolk on the 18th of September, and working south along the 

 Norfolk and Suffolk coasts on the 19th and 25th of October and the 10th 

 of November. 



THE GREAT TITMOUSE {Parus major). 



Oct. 1st. Lowestoft (Suffolk), a few arrived. 



„ 7th. Dudgeon Lt.-v. (Norfolli), one "Blackcap" caught 



and released. 

 ,, 8th. Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. (Lincoln), one. 



,, 10th. Yarmouth and Cley (Norfolk), arrivals, 

 „ lOtli to 21st. Yarmouth, many seen. 

 „ 12th. Lowestoft, a few arrived. 

 „ loth. Isle of May (Fife), one ; Cley, several ; Lowestoft, 



two picked up on the shore. 

 „ 16th. Lowestoft, two picked up on the shore. 

 „ 17th. Skateraw (Haddington), some on the coast ; N. Lincoln 



coast, many ; Lowestoft, many flying S. from 7 to 



8.30 A.M. 

 „ 19th. Lowestoft, several flocks to S. 

 ,, 21st/22nd. Longsand Lt.-v. (Essex), one. 

 „ 23rd. Longsand Lt.-v., several " Tomtits " flying W. 

 „ 22nd/23rd. Withernsea Lt. (Yorkshire), several " Blackcaps " at 



3 A.M. 



„ 24th. N. Lincoln coast, many ; Longsand Lt.-v., single birds 

 taken at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., and a flock to the W. at 

 1.30 P.M. ; Newarp Lt.-v. (Norfolk), flocks to S. at 

 8 A.M. and 1.30 p.m., and sixteen round the ship 

 at 3 p.m. 

 „ 2''5th. N. Unst (Shetland), one seen. 

 „ 30th. Dungeness Lt. (Kent), one. 

 Latter half of Oct. Thanet (E. Kent), large numbers, 

 Nov. 1st. Yarmouth, twenty arrived from N.E. ; St. Agnes (Isles 

 of Scilly), large numbers. 

 „ 2nd & 3rd. Yarmouth Denes, several. 

 . „ 4th/5th. N. Goodwin Lt.-v. (Kent), many killed. 

 „ 7th. Yarmouth, a flock flying S. 



„ 17th, Fair Isle (Shetland), one. 





